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Lost: two £30,000 KTMs

01 May 2002

Ever spent a relaxing day on the beach only to find at the end of the day you’ve lost a few quid or your keys in the sand? Well spare a thought for KTM, which mislaid two £30,000 rally bikes in the...

Live BSB to continue on ITV Digital

01 May 2002

BSB bosses have announced that live BSB coverage will continue on ITV Digital – at least for the short term. In a statement released Friday, May 1 British Motorsport Promoters (BMP) said; ” ITV Sport...

Make your voice heard

01 May 2002

Saturday May 4 will see thousands of riders from England and Scotland descend on their respective Parliaments to protest at proposed anti-biker legislation. We’ve had the final updates from the...

Honda goes it alone

01 May 2002

Honda has revealed a five-year plan to take its bikes out of showrooms which sell its rivals’ bikes alongside its own and put them into Honda-only dealers instead. The Japanese giant has devised the...

Riding the Motopower Firehawk

01 May 2002

I am sat at the lights. They’re on red and everyone’s getting twitchy. I slip the Honda into first, holding the revs at 7000rpm. Red and amber then green and I’m feeding out the clutch, the front wheel swinging left and right, pulling just inches from the ground. The revs climb, the quickshifter allows me to snick up to second without backing off and I’m charging for the first corner, Laser full...

800 bikes for you to try free

01 May 2002

You should have no problem getting a test ride at Britain’s biggest dealer chain after it revealed a fleet of over 800 demo bikes. For more details on how you can grab yourself a test ride don’t miss...

Biking’s room 101

01 May 2002

George Orwell had some cracking ideas. One was a cell where you faced your worst nightmares. Room 101 was a place of torture central to his novel 1984. The BBC picked the idea up and ran with it for a...

Win a customised Arashi lid worth over £1000

01 May 2002

Win an Arashi crash helmet painted to your own design worth over £1000 in our new competition. And second place will get another lid from the existing Arashi range worth up to £200 with 10 runners up...

Buell to launch Bolt-based tourer

01 May 2002

Buell will launch a touring version of its revolutionary Firebolt sports bike later this summer. You can read the full story on the new Buell tourers in the latest issue of MCN, but here’s our first...

Voxan on verge of saying ‘au revoir’

01 May 2002

The future for French manufacturer Voxan is looking increasingly bleak after the failure of a takeover bid. For the full story on the collapse of the Voxan deal don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out...

Catch Hodgson and Toseland at Infinity

01 May 2002

You can catch up with British WSB heroes Neil Hodgson and James Toseland at Infinity Motorcycles in York, Saturday May 4. The HM Plant Ducati team-mates will be there signing T-shirts and meeting...

Alligator bites back

01 May 2002

Twenty six years after the idea first raised its head, a radical sportsbike is about to go into production. For the full story on the new Alligator, don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out May 1. The...

Bike awareness campaign launches tonight

01 May 2002

A shocking new advertising campaign gets under way tonight aimed at raising motorists awareness of motorcyclists and scooter riders. If you don’t want to wait until tonight, you can download a Real...

We want your modified bikes

01 May 2002

Have you given your bike a makeover and knocked years off its looks – then tell us about how you did it.We’re looking for owners who have modified their bikes with new bodywork, seat units, anything...

Are "real world" bikes the future?

27 May 2001

Sports bikes have a tradition of outselling all other types of motorcycle in the UK, and the latest sales figures show they’re still our first choice. But they also reveal something else. Though the...

Death of the TL1000S

27 May 2001

The TL1000S is no longer being made or officially imported to the UK. Stocks of the Suzuki sports twin you now find in dealers are the last there is. And although the TL1000R will remain in production...

Major revamp for Blade leads rush of new Hondas

27 May 2001

Honda is bringing us a new Blade, as our artist’s impression shows. It’s an entirely new machine, not due to hit the streets until 2004. But there are also major changes coming this September, as our...

Hitch a ride with Ronnie

27 May 2001

Ride with the man who gives David Beckham hair tips

How to avoid aches and pains when riding

27 May 2001

Wrists If you ride a bike for long enough you can fall foul of an affliction known as carpal tunnel syndrome. The ‘carpal tunnel’ is a bracelet of bones and ligament at the base of your hand and...

Ready for the gun…

27 May 2001

36 bikes, one corner… you work it out

Some more dirt to roll around in

27 May 2001

Scenes from the 2000 Motocross des Nations, MX’s World Cup

Magni’s retro masterpiece

27 May 2001

The late ’60s and early ’70s will be remembered for plenty of things. It was the era of Afghan coats, stacked boots, keep on trucking badges and hair that was long at the back and short on...

Cache of Ducatis on sale at cost price

27 May 2001

A batch of two-year-old Ducatis which have never turned a wheel are being offered exclusively to motorcyclenews.com users at cost price. The 1999-spec bikes are to all intents and purposes brand new.

New deals add up to our biggest savings on new bikes yet

20 May 2001

Visit our Bikemart section right now and you’ll find some of the biggest savings on selected new bikes we’ve ever been able to offer. They include £1500 off a 2001 ZX-6R, £1800 off a 2001 R1 and £1400...

Kawasaki's fastest yet

20 May 2001

Feared by rivals, loved by tyre companies… the ZX-12R

First ride on Voxan’s new Scrambler

20 May 2001

Voxan’s new Scrambler is cute, stylish and a joy to ride. The French firm build their own motors and bikes with such panache that you’d be forgiven for thinking they come from a little further south…...

First ride on Honda’s VTX1800

20 May 2001

You want big bore? You want V-twin? You want cruiser? Well they don’t come much bigger bore and certainly no more V-twin or cruise-worthy than Honda’s new VTX1800. It’s strangely ironic that in a...

FJR to get ABS as option

20 May 2001

Yamaha is planning to offer ABS as an option on its FJR1300. Yamaha’s. Dan Harris, said: ” The bike has proved incredibly popular, but a lot of fleet users, such as the police, are reluctant to use...

SP-1 owners watch this

20 May 2001

V-twins do nice wheelies, as we can see here

Foggy feared retirement. Now he’s loving it

20 May 2001

MISERABLE? Bitter? Or loving his life and more secure than he has ever felt before? Carl Fogarty is a relaxed man a year after the crash that ended his career. He’s bouncing back to life and changing...

VFR800 owners watch this

20 May 2001

Being a capable all-rounder doesn’t mean it has to be boring

What’s changed for wife Michaela?

20 May 2001

IT’S not just Carl Fogarty who’s life has been changed by his retirement – his wife Michaela has also had to make some serious adjustments. She said: ” Sundays will never be the same again – Sunday...

GSX-R750 owners look here

20 May 2001

The mad, bad world of the GSX-R laid bare

Sachs Beast going into production

20 May 2001

Sachs is going to make a production version of its Beast, as seen at September’s Munich Show. The 1000cc V-twin weighs just 145kg and comes complete with sensational styling designed by Target – the...

You can never have too many revs

20 May 2001

Yamaha’s cracking R6 shows off for the cameras

The ‘other’ Italian V-twin shows why it’s a world title contender

20 May 2001

Just like Troy’s, honest